Nigel Soppitt, prosecuting, said McStravick reached speeds of almost 60mph in a 40mph zone before maintaining that speed despite entering a 30mph zone along Salters Lane. “It took three officers to eventually arrest him.”A breathalyser test showed he was more than twice the drink-drive limit. McStravick, of Morley Court, Darlington, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, resisting arrest, driving with excess alcohol, and driving without insurance. Kelleigh Lodge, mitigating, said her client was no longer working for the company which the van belonged to and was working voluntarily on his step-grandmother’s sheep farm. He said: “It was whilst you were driving the van whilst over the legal limit and you caught the attention of the police when you were driving in excess of the speed limit.

Source: The Times May 03, 2023 13:35 UTC